Got my rig built over the weekend

[ghandi]

Hi everyone,

Just joined the forum after buying my parts from OcUK.

Never built one from flat pack before so it was a nervy Saturday night.


Used the sticky on this forum to keep me on the right path and found it really helpful.

Ony issue i had was trying to fit the dvd writer in with the PSU which wouldnt..

had to move the writer down a slot to get it to fit.

Here is what i got:

AMD 64 3700 San Diego
1gb Corsair xms
74gb WD Raptor
ASUS A8N-VM Micro ATX
Silverstone Sugo Mini
Wintv pvr-150 TV Card
NEC Writer
Tagan 430W PSU

Anyway up and running hoping to use as a media pc.

Not really done any overclocking before so hope to learn som good things from the forum.

Just a quick couple of questions.... My BIOS had an Auto Overclock feature.

Is this any good?

where can you get freeware benchmarking utilities?


Cheers,

Peter

 

[Zefan]

Read the sticky

 

[ghandi]

Ooops...

I thought this was the most appropriate place.


mod: can this be moved to the correct forum

 

[Dreadi]

auto overclocking is a general no no

 

[danswan]

What are your temperatures like at the moment? Need to keep it nice and cool if you are overclocking, will be harder for a SFF PC like you have built there

 

[ghandi]

CPU running at 33C.
Mobo running at 24C

 

[NeptuneUK]

what cooler have you got??

my cooler keeps everything cool, but my mobo doesnt like it when i Oc anymore. it likes to lock up.

 

[ghandi]

Just the standard one that comes with the retail package.

 

[Azza]

change your cooler is u r gonna do some overclocking the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro is a very good cpu cooler

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_Arctic_Cooling.html

itll make it a lot cooler and especially a lot quiter seen as ** using ** new pc and a media pc. Make sure you hav enogh room inside to put in that case im sure you will have though. but thats the cooler u should get anyways.

 

[ghandi]

Thanks